![]() Wounded from the Battle of the Wilderness lie in front of a field hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1864. By the end of the war, there were great hospitals like Chimborazo and Satterlee, hospital trains and ships, skilled nurses, and a working ambulance corps. There were no large-scale treatment facilities and surgery was rarely performed in the country. Methods of getting wounded men from the battlefield to a place of care were haphazard at best and nonexistent at worst. Skilled nursing as a profession or a staff position did not exist. Organized, systemized medical care did not exist in America of the 1860s. They initiated programs and research and left a legacy of skill and honor. They served as the medical directors of huge armies and completely reorganized the medical corps. They designed, built, and operated revolutionary new hospitals. The medical community of the Civil War achieved an outstanding record for survival rates from disease and wounds. CIVIL War marked the beginning of modern advancements in medicine that were generated in response to the new weapons technologies that created a wholesale mechanical slaughter. (Image source: WikiMedia Commons) “Many more lives were saved than was possible in earlier wars, and many lives were saved later because of knowledge gained during the Civil War.” Hospital Tents in the Rear of Douglas Hospital - Washington, D.C.Union troops demonstrate the evacuation of wounded from the battlefield by ambulance, 1862. Workmen in Front of the Ambulance Shop - Washington, D.C., 1865 AprilĨ21. She and Others of Her Order Served in a Military Hospital at Beaufort, NC Embalming Surgeon at Work on Soldier's Body - Location Unknownġ95. Sanitary Commission - Fredericksburg, VA, May 1864ħ55. Thomas Nelson House (right), Used as a Hospital (In 1781 used as Headquarters by Lord Cornwallis) - Yorktown, VAĦ86. Convalescent Soldiers and Others Outside Quarters of the Sanitary Commission Home Lodge - Washington, D.C., April 1865Ħ83. Field Hospital of the 1st Division, 2nd Corps - Brandy Station, VA, February 1864Ħ02. Group of Sanitary Commission Workers at the Entrance of the Home Lodge - Washington, D.C., June 1863Ħ01. Patients in Ward of Harewood Hospital with Mosquito Nets Over Beds - Washington, D.C.Ħ00. Field Hospital after the Battle of June 27 - Savage Station, VA, June 30, 1862ĥ99. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital - Washington, D.C., August 1865ĥ98. Chesapeake Hospital and Grounds - Hampton, VAĥ97. Hospital Stewards of 2nd Division, 9th Corps - Petersburg, VA, October 1864ĥ83. Group of Surgeons of the Army of the James - Fort Harrison, VA, April 1865 A Confederate Field Hospital - Cedar Mountain, VA, August 1862Ĥ33. Wagons of the Sanitary Commission and a Crowd at the Landing - Belle Plain, VA, 1864Ĥ17. Hospital for Federal Officers (Literary Department, University of Nashville - Later Lindsley Hall, Peabody Normal College) - Nashville, TN, 1864Ĥ07. Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and Staff - Warrenton, VA, November 1862Ĥ03. Zouave Ambulance Crew Demonstrating Removal of Wounded Soldiers From the Field - Location Unknownģ79. Confederate Wounded at Smith's Barn with Dr Anson Hurd 14th Indiana Volunteers in Attendance after the Battle of Antietam - Near Keedysville, MD, September 1862ģ22. Smith's Barn, Used as a Hospital After the Battle of Antietam - Near Keedysville, MD, September 1862ģ19. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three Surgeons of 1st Division, 9th Corps - Petersburg, VA, October 1864ģ14. Ambulance Wagons and Drivers at Harewood Hospital (View 1) - Washington, D.C., July 1863Ģ91. Sanitary Commission Building and Flag - Richmond, VA, 1865Ģ63. Ward in the Carver General Hospital - Washington, D.C.Ĥ3. Ambulance Drill of the 57th New York Infantry - 1864ģ8. Amputation Being Performed in a Hospital Tent - Gettysburg, PA, July 1863ģ7. Wounded Soldiers Being Tended in the Field After the Battle of Chancellorsville - Near Fredericksburg, VA, May 2, 1863ģ6. ![]()
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